Sternschanze station

Sternschanze
HVV rapid transit station
Location Sternschanze 1[1]
20357 Hamburg, Germany
Coordinates 53°33′49″N 9°58′1″E / 53.56361°N 9.96694°E / 53.56361; 9.96694Coordinates: 53°33′49″N 9°58′1″E / 53.56361°N 9.96694°E / 53.56361; 9.96694
Operated by S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH
Hamburger Hochbahn AG
Line(s) U3
S11S21S31
A1
Platforms 2 island platforms
Tracks 4
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type elevated, underground
Other information
Station code S-Bahn: DB: 2516[2]
U-Bahn: HHA: SZ[3]
Fare zone 000
History
Opened S:Bahn: 15 May 1903
U:Bahn: 25 May 1912
Location
Sternschanze station
Sternschanze station (Hamburg)

Sternschanze is a rapid transit station for the trains of Hamburg S-Bahn lines S11, S21 and S31 and Hamburg U-Bahn line U3.[4] The railway station[5] is located in the quarter Sternschanze in the Hamburg borough of Altona, Germany. North of the railway station is a bus stop for the terminating HHA bus route 181.

History

The S-Bahn's western entrance
Platform for the U-Bahn

A first Sternschanze station was opened on 16 July 1866, located a little east of the current station. That station was at grade, with a number of level crossings at nearby streets. On 15 May 1903 a new, elevated station was built, including a massive station hall. The U-Bahn station followed on 25 May 1912. During the 1970s, the S-Bahn's station hall was dismantled.

Station layout

Sternschanze is a small cul-de-sac between station to the south and Sternschanzenpark to the north. The western, main entrance for the S-Bahn platform is located at the intersection of Sternschanze and Schanzenstraße. A common entrance for U-Bahn and S-Bahn is located at the S-Bahn's eastern entrance, some 150 meter further down Sternschanze.

The island platform and tracks for the S-Bahn are elevated on a rail dam, along with tracks for regional and long distance trains that run past the station south of it. The S-Bahn platform is handicap-accessible through a lift. The station is unstaffed, but there are emergency and information telephones, ticket machines and a shop.[6]

The underground platform of the U3 is situated at the east side of the railway station and has only one entrance at the platform's southern end. The underground station is not fully accessible for the disabled. At this location, a pedestrian tunnel underneath the rail dam provides access to Hamburg Messe and Congress Center Hamburg (CCH). Hence the station is also known by the name Sternschanze (Messe).

Service

Hamburg Sternschanze
Bf
Location Altona, Hamburg
Germany
Line(s)
Other information
Station code 2516[2]
DS100 codeASST[7]
Category4[2]

The lines S11, S21 and S31 of Hamburg S-Bahn and the line U3 of Hamburg U-Bahn call at Sternschanze station.

Preceding station   AKN Eisenbahn   Following station
toward Neumünster
A1
limited service only
toward Hauptbahnhof
Preceding station   Hamburg S-Bahn   Following station
toward Blankenese
S11
S21
toward Aumühle
toward Altona
S31
toward Neugraben
Preceding station   Hamburg U-Bahn   Following station
toward Barmbek
U3

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sternschanze". bahnhof.de (in German). Deutsche Bahn AG. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Stationspreisliste 2016" [Station price list 2016] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Sternschanze". hamburger-untergrundbahn.de (in German). Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Staff (2008-12-14), Rapid Transit/Regional Rail (Network plan, pdf) (PDF), Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV), retrieved 2009-01-24
  5. ↑ Staff, Liste Bahnhofskategorie 2008 (pdf) (PDF) (in German), DB Station&Service AG, retrieved 2008-08-08
  6. ↑ Staff, DB-Konzern - Sternschanze (in German), Deutsche Bahn AG, retrieved 2008-01-24
  7. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

External links

Media related to S-Bahn Station Sternschanze at Wikimedia Commons Media related to U-Bahnhof Sternschanze at Wikimedia Commons

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